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Arthritis and systemic disease caused by Borrelia burgdorferi infection in a cow
E C Burgess1, A Gendron-Fitzpatrick, W O Wright
1Department of Medical Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Wisconsin, Madison 53706.
Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association
|December 1, 1987
Abstract:
Infection with Borrelia burgdorferi caused arthritis, myocarditis, glomerulonephritis, and pneumonitis in a cow. Spirochetes were detected by use of immunofluorescent staining in liver and lung specimens and were isolated from the liver. The carpal, stifle, and tarsal joints had marked synovial proliferation, and synovial fluid obtained from these joints had high antibody titers against B burgdorferi. The cow was from an area of Wisconsin that is not endemic for borreliosis.